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Who Won Hip-Hop to Hollywood? We Ranked 26 Artists Live

We started with 26 hip-hop artists, built a rubric around creative control and ownership in film and TV, eliminated the field live, and let the audience choose the final ranking.

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CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY

Can a Livestream Be More Than a Chat Box?

Livestreaming made audiences immediate. The next step may be making them spatial, visual and functional parts of the broadcast itself.

August 3, 2026
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Who Won Hip-Hop to Hollywood? We Ranked 26 Artists Live

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When Debunking Becomes Free Advertising

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One Witness Was Enough to Convict Him. Why Wasn't One Witness Enough to Help Free Him?

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Dirty Data: How Wrongful Convictions Can Distort What We Think We Know About Crime

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Celebrities Are Not Heroes: Why Fandom Keeps Becoming Moral Authority

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Is That Actually Whataboutism? The Difference Between a Deflection and a Consistency Test

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Black Buying Power Is Not Black Power

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Black Sitcoms Taught Us How to Imagine a Life

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I Built It With AI. That Doesn't Mean AI Built the Idea.

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Can a Livestream Be More Than a Chat Box?

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The $95 Breakfast Problem: Does Paying the Price Prove It Was Worth It?

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Is Capitalism Inherently Exploitative? Follow the Money

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Right Idea, Wrong Words: The Case for Unshittification

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The Difference Between Capitalism and Imperialism

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AI Is Learning the Lowest Wage You'll Accept

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'I Don't Know' Is an Intellectual Skill

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Your Feed Is Not Reality: How Social Media Algorithms Shape What You Believe

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The B-Sides of the News: What Are We Missing While Everyone Covers the Same Story?

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The Most Important News Story Might Be 10 Blocks Away

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ECONOMICS AND POWER

Black Buying Power Is Not Black Power

Consumer spending can make a market valuable without giving that market control over the companies, assets and institutions collecting the money.

August 6, 2026